Rambling

This was a less frantic day except for the fraught moment when we arrived at the laundromat to find we’d left half our washing behind and had to drive back to get it. With that chore done we decided a coastal walk was in order. We don’t even try to see everything but we had to do one walk along the famous Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. It was a glorious sunny day so we packed a picnic, chose a circular route map and headed off.

The start was the strange little inlet which served as the harbour for St Davids for a millennium or so. The main industries were pilgrims and church building. The round lime kilns are still there and so, as we discovered, is the pilgrim trail.


The first part of the walk took us along the coast. There were seabirds, walkers, flowers and rock climbers.













Then we came to two of the spots where pilgrims paused on their way to the cathedral. Nun was the mother of St David and this is Nun’s Well which was said to have curative powers. Nearby, in a sheep paddock, are the ruins of St Nun’s Chapel. A modern chapel and retreat are next door.






 From there we walked through the fields, often between hedgerows. I keep seeing more and more varieties of wildflowers. Near the sea the dominant plant was Thrift or Sea Pink. In the fields I saw Marsh Marigolds.

I said, “The only thing missing from this walk is a place to have our picnic”, rounded a bend, and there was a park bench at a fork in the track. We found our way back to the car having chatted to several different Welsh and English walkers in our travels. We congratulated ourselves on completing our ramble. It is a driving/exploring day tomorrow.